1- G wants a park birthday party WITH an animal show for her birthday. I am only happy I talked her out of a party at our house (it’s just not . . .…
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(Copying directly from Sarah J!) IN 🧡 long novels and non-negotiable afternoon weekend reading sessions 🧡 time-blocked creative work days 🧡 pumpkin bread, chili, and soup 🧡 fun with drawing and journaling; using my…
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Realizing this is my last ‘normal’ weekend for few weeks and wanting to savor the magic that an “everyone home, no call” weekend contains. TODAY TOMORROW I really don’t have any work that is…
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I am very happy to report that G went back to school today!! The kids were home with not a lot to do for waaaaaay too long this summer. As noted, this was not…
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Some fascinating comments on yesterday’s post – thank you for sharing! I agree the entire concept of “retirement” is so complicated. If your work is part of what gives your life meaning, why would…
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I mean, A’s school is like across a courtyard from C’s school, but technically we will have one kid each in elementary, middle, and high school next year. On to 3rd, 7th, and 9th!…
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ONE. WEEK. LEFT. OF. SCHOOL. Next year we will end in May, unless there are a bunch of hurricane days. I think I will like that, because this little ‘one dangling week in June’…
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I was in such a happy mood yesterday — I got to start my day a little later (I think a pair of siblings must have cancelled?) which was a TREAT, and then the…
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In an ideal world, every Wednesday I: This is sort of the ‘first half’ of my own current weekly review process; the rest is typically completed on Sundays. In the actual world, half the…
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Here we go! Monday = creative work day, but we also had just gotten back from a rather tiring weekend trip. (One week is about all I can muster of formal time tracking, and…